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by kozikowski
Fri Apr 14, 2017 3:12 am
Forum: Maintaining / Improving this Forum
Topic: Why am I IP banned?
Replies: 3
Views: 2155

Re: Why am I IP banned?

Are you normally using a VPN?

Koz
by kozikowski
Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:25 pm
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: New to ACX and narrating any advice would be appreciated
Replies: 12
Views: 2232

Re: New to ACX and narrating any advice would be appreciated

Actually, links and instructions are a constant problem. There's no telling what sort of corrections a poster will need or what the starting and end points are likely to be. That and it's a moving target because some of the tools are overly simple and are "in development." That's felt-tip ...
by kozikowski
Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:16 pm
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: New to ACX and narrating any advice would be appreciated
Replies: 12
Views: 2232

Re: New to ACX and narrating any advice would be appreciated

Dueling posts.

If you're far enough along with your current suite you may not need any further work. Let us know.

Koz
by kozikowski
Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:13 pm
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: New to ACX and narrating any advice would be appreciated
Replies: 12
Views: 2232

Re: New to ACX and narrating any advice would be appreciated

There is a serious new user problem where a first performance has a number of problems and solving them, instead of fixing things, leads to more problems...... If I wasn't cheerful enough with that, ACX has a failure called "Overprocessing." If you got there by beating your sound file with...
by kozikowski
Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:47 pm
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: High noise floor, hiss, high beep sound
Replies: 13
Views: 2825

Re: High noise floor, hiss, high beep sound

There is one other noise trick. There is an irresistible urge to crank the volume in the player all the way up when you're testing for noise. Resist this urge. Set the player for a comfortable presentation volume (remember the goal is someone telling you a juicy story over cups of tea). Then, withou...
by kozikowski
Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:06 pm
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: High noise floor, hiss, high beep sound
Replies: 13
Views: 2825

Re: High noise floor, hiss, high beep sound

Cool. Abbreviated version: I cut off the last three seconds of silence. Some of tools work on overall loudness and density of show sound, so putting a lot of silence in the show can throw them off. Your microphone creates tons of low tone rumble. I can't tell if you live near an airport or metro-rai...
by kozikowski
Wed Apr 12, 2017 7:00 pm
Forum: Feature Request Archive
Topic: BBC Meters
Replies: 10
Views: 2472

BBC Meters

How about a BBC ballistics option for the sound meters? I'm not in love with the 1-7 meter range, but I do like rapid attack and slow recovery. That makes the readings much easier to perceive, particularly if you're trying to read your script and watch the meters at the same time. Jury's out on the ...
by kozikowski
Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:47 pm
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: High noise floor, hiss, high beep sound
Replies: 13
Views: 2825

Re: High noise floor, hiss, high beep sound

Does anyone have any experience with this? Yes. The goal is to announce so your peak sound meters poke up around -6dB or so. This can mean you need to pay attention to the meters and the script at the same time. The meters can be made much larger so they're easier to see. Click and drag. The latest...
by kozikowski
Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:36 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: No sound during playback
Replies: 6
Views: 3841

Re: No sound during playback

Just going on the title and ignoring the text, are you using a USB microphone? Sometimes, Windows will assign playback to a "USB Device" ignoring the kind of device it is. Make sure your speakers or headphones system is listed as playback in the Audacity Device Toolbar. http://manual.audac...
by kozikowski
Wed Apr 12, 2017 4:31 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: No sound during playback
Replies: 6
Views: 3841

Re: No sound during playback

That's an excellent description.

One piece missing. You got to the end of the first presentation, finished production editing..... and then you left it hanging and that's important. Export as WAV?? Restart Audacity? What happened at that exact point? Has this ever worked?

Koz